Rewind: Ab Ke Sajan Sawan Mein (Chupke Chupke – 1975)

With the invasion of Audio CDs and Mp3s and Winamp et al, gone are the days of painfully rewinding a song for exactly a mentally calibrated 1.5 minutes to get to the start of your favourite song to listen to it again. “MONO” was as standard as Dolby-Digital is now and even with these technological hindrances which possibly did not unleash the composer’s brilliance to the fullest extent, there were melodies which overcame these hindrances. One such melody is SD Burman’s “Ab Ke Sajan Saawan Mein“.

I vividly remember hearing it for the first time on Chitrahaar and quite instantly, fell in love with it.And after almost 20 odd years, I can say for sure, that it wasn’t just a mere infatuation. After all, what’s not to love about it. The teasing, naughty chedh-chaadh lyrics by Anand Bakshi written in simplistic Hindi is a perfect example of how less is more. Check out the lyrics on the second verse..

The way Lata jee renders her playful vocals on the lines – Kis Tarah Hum Denge..Bhalaaa… is just a treat to the ears. Go on, listen to the song here : YouTube Link courtesy Shemaroo.

Tch..Tch..Sharmila... sigh!

And when the Tchh Tchh.. hits home, Sharmila Tagore’s naughty expressions flirt with me, you and everyone. Don’t you think?

Koi Shaq!

And smart-ass Jeejaaji – Om Prakash along with the rest of the world is left perplexed, awestruck and spellbound 🙂 Now go straight to YouTube and listen to it right NOW. And come back to shout it out in the comments, when you first heard this, and how much you lurve it…Cheerio awesome people!!!

Exactly… beta Rahul had to follow up on Papa’s tsk tsk :).. should I do a feature on ‘Baahon Mein Chal Aao’..love that song as well.. The title song is lovely as well..
What I love most about these songs is the zero usage of Urdu, and how simplistic Hindi can be so BRILLIANTLY made lyrical..

AB’s over-the-top hyper expressions were a tribute to Rajendranath I believe, lol. Similar to what AB Jr did in Salaam Namaste hehe.

Point taken Ma’am. I have the DVD of Chashme Baddoor. Will give it a revisit soon. I haven’t watched many Utpal Dutt movies. The only ones I have are – Golmaal [but of course], Saaheb and a few others. Would really like to write on Golmaal though. Thanks and keep your suggestions coming. 🙂